Migration Governance Assessment of the ECOWAS Sub-region: A rank-based approach

Tochukwu, G. Onyechi and Joseph., I. Amuka and Christopher, E. Obianagwa and Ugwuozor, Ifeanyi Samuel (2025) Migration Governance Assessment of the ECOWAS Sub-region: A rank-based approach. Journal of African Union Studies, 14 (2). pp. 153-175. ISSN 2050-4292

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Abstract

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) developed the Migration Governance Framework (MiGOF) in 2015 to assist nations in defining what a well-managed migration policy should be. While this is beneficial, it does not provide a benchmark for measuring and assessing the migration governance performance of countries, nor does it provide a simplified framework for internationally comparable analysis, because it is an assessment rather than a ranking tool. Relying on the migration governance framework to quantitatively rank countries, this study uses the IOM and United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs computational methodology for measuring SDG target 10.7(facilitate orderly, safe, regular, and responsible migration, etc.) to quantify and construct a migration governance index for ECOWAS member states. The index is used to construct a rank table that reveals how countries converge towards a common migration governance policy stance. The result revealed that migration governance integration among countries in the ECOWAS region is inconsistent, with most of the countries falling into different clusters and performing poorly in several domains/Dimensions. The study also revealed that with the countries’ low performance in the whole of the government approach and facilitating a safe, ordered, and regular migration, ECOWAS as a sub-region is still far from achieving the SDG goal 10.7. The study recommends that ECOWAS should strengthen its members’ institutional capacities and also strive to enforce migration governance compliance.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User:	miss Sylvia Onyia
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2025 20:37
Last Modified:	23 Aug 2025 20:37
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5182

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